Aslockton

Coordinates: 52°57′N 0°54′W / 52.95°N 0.90°W / 52.95; -0.90

Aslockton is a village and civil parish twelve miles (19 km) east of Nottingham, England and two miles east of Bingham on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton in the Vale, and also adjacent to Bingham, Scarrington, Thoroton and Orston. It has a population of around 1000. It lies in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire.

Heritage

The name of the village comes from the Danish and Saxon name Haslachstone and became Aslacton before becoming the modern Aslockton.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1533–1553, was born in Aslockton and lived until the age of 14 in his parents' cottage, which still exists on Abbey Lane. The Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Primary School (an academy since 2014), which opened in 1968, the Cranmer Pre-School, and the local social facility, the Thomas Cranmer Centre, are named in his honour. (For secondary education, Toot Hill School in Bingham has a sixth form and academy status.) Aslockton originally had its own Holy Trinity Chapel, a peculiar under the collegiate church of Southwell Minster rather than the diocesan bishop, but this became ruined and was incorporated into a private house. Some remains of it can still be seen. Cranmer and his father worshipped at the Church of St. John of Beverley, Whatton. He has also given his name to a local prospect mound.